SIS Announces SIS650 Integrated P4 Chipset

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use.

Silicon Integrated Systems Corp. (SiS) a leading core logics and graphics supplier, on Monday launched the SIS650 integrated chipset, which integrates the SIS 315 graphics chip into the SIS 645 chipset for the Pentium 4.

The specifications of SiS650 are the same as the SiS645, which was released by SiS a month ago. The chipset supports DDR333/DDR266/PC133 memory and provides a memory capacity of up to 3 Gbytes.

The SIS650 chipset also integrates the SiS315 graphics core, providing a 256-bit 3D graphics engine, and up to 2 Gbytes/s bandwidth, which is equivalent to AGP8X. When used with the SiS301B video bridge, it can be hooked up to a second CRT screen, DVI LCD screen or NTSC/PAL TV. The SiS961 south bridge, which comes with the SiS650, is also equipped with 5.1 Channel AC-97 2.2 audio, 10/100MB Ethernet, aV.90 Software Modem, HomePNA2.0, an ATA-100 interface, and support for six PCI slots and six USB ports.

The SiS650 will be produced in SiS’ own fab and slated to start volume shipments during October. It will be priced at $39 each in lots of $10,000.

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use.

ExtremeTech Newsletter

Subscribe Today to get the latest ExtremeTech news delivered right to your inbox.

Email

This newsletter may contain advertising, deals, or affiliate links. Subscribing to a newsletter indicates your consent to our
Terms of Use and
Privacy Policy. You may unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time.